Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content,
digital media and educational products, today announced that Simply
Irresistible from Jill Shalvis’ Lucky Harbor series will be
featured as the latest pick for “Barnes & Noble Spotlight” (www.bn.com/spotlight),
a NOOK Book™ program that features great writers at
irresistible prices. Twice a month, Barnes & Noble Spotlight picks an
author of a popular or breakout series from various genres and offers
one of their titles at a special price, helping NOOK® readers
discover new authors and dive into an exciting series for a
wallet-friendly price. From September 8 through September 21, Barnes &
Noble’s NOOK Bookstore will offer Simply Irresistible from the
bestselling Lucky Harbor series for only 99 cents.

When Maddie Moore finds herself newly single and jobless, she decides
she needs a change of scenery. In search of happiness, hope and love,
Maddie uproots her life to the quaint coastal town of Lucky Harbor,
Washington - home of the dilapidated inn she inherited from her deceased
mother. However, starting fresh doesn’t come easy as Maddie struggles to
overcome her past and build a future. With the help of a tall, dark and
handsome contractor, Maddie begins to feel at home in Lucky Harbor.

Jill Shalvis is TheNew York Times bestselling author of
the Lucky Harbor series. Each novel in the ongoing series focuses
on a new romantic couple, providing a unique look at the quirky
characters that live in the charming town. The seventh installment of
the series, It Had to Be You, is set to be released in May of
2013. In addition to the Lucky Harbor series, Shalvis has written
the critically acclaimed Animal Magnetism and Wilder Adventures
series, as well as many other contemporary romance novels.

Spotlight features titles from different genres including popular
romance, young adult, fiction and cookbooks. Customers who “like” NOOK
on Facebook (www.facebook.com/nook)
and follow NOOK on Twitter (www.twitter.com/nookbn)
will be among the first to hear about the Spotlight picks.

NOOK Books™ that are featured in Barnes & Noble Spotlight,
along with the more than 2.5 million other NOOK Books, magazines and
newspapers available, can be purchased and read on the award-winning
NOOK line of devices, which includes the recently introduced and
critically-acclaimed NOOK Simple Touch™ with GlowLight™.
All NOOK Books can also be read through a range of free NOOK reading
apps, available for iPad™, iPhone®, Android, Mac®
and PC, and can be downloaded at www.bn.com/freenookapps.

About Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the leading retailer of
content, digital media and educational products, operates 689 bookstores
in 50 states. Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, also operates 667 college bookstores
serving over 4.6 million students and faculty members at colleges and
universities across the United States. Barnes & Noble conducts its
online business through BN.com (www.bn.com),
one of the Web's largest e-commerce sites, which also features more than
2.5 million titles in its NOOK Bookstore™ (www.bn.com/ebooks).
Through Barnes & Noble’s NOOK® eReading product offering, customers can
buy and read digital books and content on the widest range of platforms,
including NOOK devices, partner company products, and the most popular
mobile and computing devices using free NOOK software. Barnes & Noble is
proud to be named a J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Customer Service
Champion and is only one of 50 U.S. companies so named. Barnes &
Noble.com is ranked the number one online retailer in customer
satisfaction in the book, music and video category and a Top 10 online
retailer overall in customer satisfaction according to ForeSee E-Retail
Satisfaction Index (Spring Top 100 Edition).

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Barnes & Noble's NOOK brand of eReading products makes it easy to read
what you love, anywhere you like™ with a fun, easy-to-use and immersive
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NOOK Tablet™ is Barnes & Noble’s fastest, lightest tablet with the best
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NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight™ ($139) features patent-pending
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any of its nearly 700 bookstores, as well as free Wi-Fi connectivity to
enjoy the Read In Store™ feature to read NOOK Books™ for free, and the
More In Store™ program, which offers free, exclusive content and special
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to enjoy any book, anytime, anywhere with its Free NOOK Reading Apps™,
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offers NOOK Study™ (www.nookstudy.com),
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NOOK Kids™ (www.nookkids.com),
a collection of digital picture and chapter books for children, and NOOK
Books en español™ (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooksenespanol),
the first-ever Spanish language digital bookstore in the United States.